UAW president Shawn Fain announced the union was expanding its 'stand up' strikes at 12p ET Friday, but only against GM and Stellantis, after the union said “real progress” was made with Ford in negotiations this week.
UAW president Shawn Fain announced the union was expanding its "stand up" strikes at 12 p.m. ET Friday, but only against GM and Stellantis, after the union said “real progress” was made with Ford in negotiations this week.
While negotiations at Stellantis and GM have not as the UAW would like, Fain revealed the union had reached a number of concessions with Ford—covering issues including the reinstatement of a COLA , right to strike at plants over closures, an enhanced profit sharing formula, and immediate conversion of temporary employees, among other things.
“This last week we’ve made some real progress at Ford,“ Fain said. “We do want to recognize that Ford is serious at reaching a deal.”Ford said in a statement released shortly after Fain’s comments that it continues “to negotiate with the UAW and we are bargaining issue by issue — just like we did with Unifor in Canada.”
The UAW expanding its strikes was expected by those in the industry, though the exclusion of Ford is noteworthy. This comes as the rancor rises between the union and the Big Three.from a member of the UAW’s communications team hinted at what the UAW’s plan would be for its stand-up strikes.
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